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Texas Police Expanding Forced Blood Draws

By Neil Shouse, Esq.

Texas?one of the states that currently permits officers to perform forced blood draws in DUI refusal cases?has become even more aggressive with respect to its alleged DUI offenders. The state used to permit officers to perform warrantless DUI blood draws when someone was seriously injured by the suspected DUI driver. Now police are authorized to perform these warrantless DUI blood draws when there is a DUI chemical test refusal and in any of the following cases: Someone was injured severely enough that they required immediate medical attention There was a child in the car It was the suspect?s third DUI. This is just another example of how this nation is becoming more of a police-state with respect to driving under the influence. It?s one thing to toughen the laws for convicted repeat offenders (a policy that I?m not advocating, by the way), but to toughen the laws with respect to those who have only allegedly violated the law is inexcusable.continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blogger on November 17, 2009 (boomark / email).